A coalition of civil society organisations in Tamil Nadu titled, ‘Coordinating Committee for People’s Inquest into Thoothukudi Police Firing’ organised a People’s Inquest (PI) on June 2-3, 2018 at Thoothukudi and its suburbs, into the targeted killings, arbitrary detentions and torture on May 22, 2018 and thereafter, in Thoothukudi. As per the latest records, 15 protestors were killed and more than a hundred severely injured in protests against the Sterlite Copper plant. May 22, 2018, marked the 100th day of protests against the Sterlite Copper plant.
The PI team composed of:
- Justice (Retd.) B.G. Kolse Patil, Former Judge, Bombay High Court
- Justice (Retd.) Hariparanthaman, Former Judge, Madras High Court
- Mr. M.G. Devasahayam IAS (Retd.) Former Chief Secretary Haryana
- Mr. Christudoss Gandhi IAS (Retd.), Former Additional Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu
- Mr. Kamal Kumar IPS (Retd.), Former Director, National Police Academy, Hyderabad
- Mr. R.B.S. Sreekumar IPS (Retd.) Former Director General of Police, Gujarat
- Mr. Jacob Punnose IPS (Retd.) Former Director General of Police, Kerala & Special Rapporteur NHRC
- Prof. Dr. K. Mathiharan, Forensic medicine expert & formerly with University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Ms. Geetha Ramaseshan, Advocate, Madras High Court
- Dr. Usha Ramanathan, Legal Researcher, New Delhi
- Ms. Maja Daruwala, Senior Advisor – Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi
- Prof. Kalpana Kannabiran, Director – Council for Social Development, Hyderabad
- Prof. Shiv Visvanathan, Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana
- Ms. Pamela Philipose, Senior Journalist, New Delhi
- Mr. Amit Sengupta, Senior Journalist, New Delhi
- Ms. Kavitha Muralidharan, Journalist, Chennai
- Dr. Savior Suresh, Forensic Medicine Expert, Chennai
- Dr. V.A. Ramesh Nathan, Advocate & General Secretary – National Dalit Movement for Justice, New Delhi
- Mr. Tom Thomas, Convenor – Corporate Responsibility Watch
- Ms. Kavitha Gajendran, Social Activist, Chennai
- Dr. T.M.N. Deepak Nathan, President – December 3 Movement
- Mr. T. Peter, National Fishworkers Forum, Trivandrum
- Mr. Jasaiah Joseph, National Fishworkers Forum, Kanyakumari
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